Dayan, Joan. Fables of the Mind: An Inquiry into Poe's Fiction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Dayan's study of Poe as a philosopher can offer insight into his portrayal in The Man Who Was Poe.

Deas, Michael J. The Portraits and Daguerreotypes of Edgar Allan Poe. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989. Poe's sitting for a daguerreotype plays an important role in solving the mystery of Edmund's missing mother.